# Updates to the Weekend Design Challenge **URL:** \ **Category:** Teachers' Lounge\ **Tags:** wdc\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178 "2021-04-29T15:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/1 "2021-04-29T15:00:42Z")
Hey Thunkers šŸ‘‹ Really hope that everyone has been enjoying the #wdc as much as we have. One thing Iā€™m keen to avoid as much as possible is the weekly challenges becoming ā€œchoreā€ or folks feeling like they _have to_ participate in every single one. With that in mind weā€™re trialling a new tri-weekly schedule for the next few challenges to give you better visibility and choice around how you spend your time in the Community. Broadly speaking, weā€™ll rotate between an app (re)design challenge, a game development challenge and an open forum for users to share their own apps and experiences with the building and publishing process. | Number | Date | Event | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 11 | Apr 16 | #WeekendDesignChallenge | [Idea Generator](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-11-can-you-re-create-davids-x-for-y-idea-generator/1228405/4) | | 12 | Apr 23 | #WeekendGameJam | [Whac-a-Mole](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-12-lets-play-whac-a-mole/1241774/2) | | 13 | Apr 30 | #WeekendDesignChallenge | [Culture & Travel](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-13-create-an-app-to-showcase-a-place-or-culture-you-care-about/1255373) | | 14 | May 7 | #WeekendGameJam | [Plant Nanny](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-14-can-you-re-create-the-plant-nanny-app/1269499/2) | | 15 | May 14 | #ShowThunkable | Open Call | | 16 | May 21 | #WeekendDesignChallenge | TBA | | 17 | May 28 | #WeekendGameJam | TBA | | 18 | Jun 4 | #ShowThunkable | Open Call | ### šŸŽØ Weekend Design Challenge The premise is pretty simple - take an existing mobile or web app and use it as inspiration to create an app of your own. Itā€™s interesting because the main limit is your own imagination. There is no one ā€œrightā€ way to build an app with Thunkable so entries can have similar appearance or functionality and be built in completely different ways. By sharing our ideas with the rest of the Community we can quickly get feedback on whatā€™s working or suggestions for improvements and new features. ### šŸŽ® Weekend Game Jam Similar to the Weekend Design Challenge but aimed at gamers, gaming enthusiasts, and game developers as a forum to showcase their unique skills. The aim is that the #WeekendGameJam will be a place for even more users to contribute to the Community and at the same time offer our regular contributors an opportunity for either a ā€œrest weekā€ if they want or a new type of challenge if they prefer. ### šŸ“½ Show Thunkable Every third week weā€™ll make a #creator-lounge topic called ā€œ#ShowThunkableā€. This is a space for users to show-and-tell us about their apps. Since everyone will be at different stages in the journey (designing, testing, publishing etc.) it gives users the option of either sharing what theyā€™ve already built or to share their goals for their apps, i.e: - ā€œI want to get my app published by the end of the monthā€, or - ā€œIā€™m trying to find my first 100 usersā€ or - ā€œI built this app for class - should I keep working on it?ā€ or - ā€œIā€™m doing a full re-design of my appā€™s UI, what do you think of this?ā€ cc: [@Power\_Thunkers](https://community.thunkable.com/groups/power_thunkers) [@1k\_App\_Developers](https://community.thunkable.com/groups/1k_app_developers) [@Teachers](https://community.thunkable.com/groups/teachers) [@Video\_Creators](https://community.thunkable.com/groups/video_creators) ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/2 "2021-04-29T15:06:59Z")
Also, donā€™t forget to vote for your favourite game from our challenge last week: > [@\[Closed\] Vote for your favourite Game](https://community.thunkable.com/t/vote-for-your-favourite-game/1250402): > > For our first official [#WeekendGameJam](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-12-lets-play-whac-a-mole/1241774) @jane has very kindly offered to design a custom sprite as a prize. Since picking a favourite involves playing 4 games this seems like a great one to open up to a Community vote. Please try out the games below and vote for the one you enjoyed playing the most. The game with the most votes gets to commission their own sprite which all Thunkers will be able to use when designing games in the future. [poll](https://community.thunkable.com/t/closed-vote-for-your-favourite-game/1250402/1)Summary of Entries [Mask a Face](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-12-lets-play-whac-a-mole/1241774/16) by @catsarisky[[iā€¦](https://thunkable.site/w/2_2c2TSzK) ---
**Author:** ![codeswept](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/codeswept/32/87755_2.png) [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/3 "2021-04-29T15:12:15Z")
Of course itā€™s not a chore, at least for me! Iā€™m enjoying every bit of the #wdcā€™s ! Iā€™ve said it before, and Iā€™ll say it again: Fridays are my favorite day of the week because of the WDCs. The tri-weekly schedule seems great. I also like the idea of #ShowThunkable. Canā€™t wait to get started on my travel-themed app this week! ---
**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/4 "2021-04-29T15:22:24Z")
Love it! But where oh where is Poodle Doodles?? ![Peach and Black Simple & Circular Animal Hospital Logo](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/a/5abfbbfa8a5668cc75850d4703bb1e832acfd9db.png) I guess itā€™s going to have to be an app about traveling with your poodle? Hmmā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![codeswept](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/codeswept/32/87755_2.png) [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/5 "2021-04-29T15:25:04Z")
Interestingā€¦ Now, when have I travelled with a pooch? Uh oh, iā€™m going to have to make it up then. ---
**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/6 "2021-04-29T18:43:00Z")
> [@domhnallohanlon](#): > > ||Apr 29|#WeekendDesignChallenge|Culture & Travel Are we getting some more guidance/inspiration for this weekendā€™s WDC? šŸ™‚ Or should I just, you know, put poodles on every screen? ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/7 "2021-04-30T15:42:57Z")
> [@catsarisky](#): > > put poodles on every screen? Poodles from around the world? > [@art WDC #13 Create an app to showcase a place or culture you care about](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-13-create-an-app-to-showcase-a-place-or-culture-you-care-about/1255373): > > Itā€™s Friday, so it must be time for the [#WeekendDesignChallenge](https://community.thunkable.com/tag/wdc)! Our inaugural [#WeekendGameJam](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-12-lets-play-whac-a-mole/1241774) was a huge success - thanks to everyone who contributed and [voted](https://community.thunkable.com/t/vote-for-your-favourite-game/1250402) for their favourite. This week the challenge is to create an app that celebrates a country or a culture that you have an interest in. Letā€™s take a look at a few examples: Cultural RoadmApp Cultural RoadmApp helps users to plan and document their road trip along the ā€œWild Atlantic Wayā€ (Irelandā€™s west coast - if you ever have the chanceā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![human](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/human/32/101416_2.png) [@human](https://community.thunkable.com/u/human)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/9 "2021-04-30T18:50:02Z")
> [@domhnallohanlon](#): > > |16|May 21|#WeekendDesignChallenge|TBA| > |17|May 28|#WeekendGameJam|TBA| what is TBA in that table you posted? > [@domhnallohanlon](#): > > |#ShowThunkable| And what does the #ShowThunkable mean? ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/10 "2021-04-30T19:20:54Z")
> [@human](#): > > what is TBA in that table you posted? We have a list of topics weā€™re working from but will only announce one of each at a time. TBA here means ā€œTo be announcedā€ * * * > [@domhnallohanlon](#): > > Every third week weā€™ll make a #Creator Lounge topic called ā€œ#ShowThunkableā€. This is a space for users to show-and-tell us about their apps. Since ā€¦ Thereā€™s a #ShowThunkable section above šŸ‘† ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/11 "2021-05-05T15:51:52Z")
Excited to think about Plant Nanny as a theme for this weekendā€™s challenge. It really has me a little stuck, though, because a game like that should be played in landscape orientation. I know itā€™s possible to preview a Thunkable project in landscape but I donā€™t think thereā€™s currently a way to Design in landscapeā€¦ is there? ---
**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/12 "2021-05-05T16:03:19Z")
I had last weekā€™s Poodle Doodles game (built with the snap to position interface) working on phone in landscape and on the web previewer in portrait, but it was a huge pain the butt, since I was basically designing blind. Of course, since I was cloning, I was basically working blind anywayā€¦ How do you preview in landscape? (Besides in Thunkable Live?) Am I missing a good trick? ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/13 "2021-05-05T16:06:39Z")
Nope, just in Thunkable Live. Agreed, itā€™s not worth designing in landscape when you have no idea what itā€™s going to look like until you see it on a device. ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/14 "2021-05-05T16:10:59Z")
> [@tatiang](#): > > a game like that should be played in landscape orientation I might be thinking of a different app? This one looks like itā€™s designed to work in portrait mode: > > > Tired of feeling thirsty? Let's quench your hydration cravings, joyfully... I suppose, the essence of this challenge will be to create a habit tracker, for logging data, but ideally one that give some nice visual feedback of the growth thatā€™s happening as you maintain your habit too ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/15 "2021-05-05T16:11:16Z")
Also really hoping the spawning and motion bugs can be resolved. I donā€™t think I can work on this challenge ( **edit: thought this was a bit different ā€“ see my next post** ) without having accurate positioning for sprites. Sigh. Hereā€™s a demo I made today that shows the problem. The initial ā€œcreate Enemyā€ block should place the sprite at x=0 but not only does it not do that (@jane confirmed that spritesā€™ positions values are determined by a spriteā€™s top-left corner when ideally, at least as far as Iā€™m concerned, they should be the spriteā€™s center)ā€¦ it also ā€œshootsā€ the sprite about 100 pixels to the right immediately after itā€™s created. The sprite has a speed of 1 (1 pixel per second, I assume) so it should move very slowly the whole time. [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/3b023adae1e49ffb2195d11ac09c317f](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/3b023adae1e49ffb2195d11ac09c317f) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/16 "2021-05-05T16:13:04Z")
Ohā€¦ sorry. I thought Plant Nanny was a cute name for Plants vs. Zombies. šŸ˜† My mistake. So this is more of a gamify challenge than a classic game challenge. Hmm, alright, game(ify) on! ---
**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/17 "2021-05-05T16:34:29Z")
I thought exactly the same thing! Like the Zen Garden in PvZ, or something similarā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![human](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/human/32/101416_2.png) [@human](https://community.thunkable.com/u/human)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/18 "2021-05-05T17:00:00Z")
What does plant nanny mean? Was I supposed to do it? Sorry, not keeping track. ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/19 "2021-05-05T17:43:20Z")
Thereā€™s a link a few posts up that links to the actual Plant Nanny app. ---
**Author:** ![eko.devs.apploroceo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eko.devs.apploroceo/32/93147_2.png) [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/20 "2021-05-06T05:43:43Z")
hmm thts nice oneā€¦ no ai competions ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178/21 "2021-05-06T06:54:46Z")
@eko.devs.apploroceo please feel free to suggest topics if thereā€™s something in particular you want us to cover. Also, thereā€™s nothing to stop you adding AI to a challenge any week if you want to. Hope that helps [Next page](https://community.thunkable.com/t/updates-to-the-weekend-design-challenge/1253178.md?page=2)